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Maria Cosway

1760 - 1838

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Maria Luisa Caterina Cecilia Cosway (ma-RYE-ah; née Hadfield; 11 June 1760 – 5 January 1838) was an Italian-English painter, musician, and educator. She worked in England, France, and later Italy, cultivating a large circle of friends and clients, mainly as an initiate of Swedish and French Illuminism and an enthusiastic revivalist of the Masonic Knights Templar. She exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, and commissioned the first portrait of Napoleon to be seen in England. Her paintings and engravings are held by the British Museum, the British Library, and the New York Public Library. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Cosway is the 1,855th most popular painter (down from 1,822nd in 2019), the 3,847th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,749th in 2019) and the 263rd most popular Italian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Maria Cosway ranks 1,855 out of 2,023. Before her are Victor Borisov-Musatov, Antônio Parreiras, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Mel Ramos, Olaf Gulbransson, and Mikayil Abdullayev. After her are Käthe Kruse, Ben Vautier, Hanna Pauli, Kanō Hōgai, Francisco Toledo, and Willard Metcalf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1760, Maria Cosway ranks 35. Before her are Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Charles de Bonchamps, François Buzot, Mohammad Ali Khan Zand, Lemuel Francis Abbott, and Ferdinand Bauer. After her are Ivan Dmitriev, Thomas Clarkson, and Jonathan Dayton. Among people deceased in 1838, Maria Cosway ranks 35. Before her are Ignaz von Rudhart, Georges Mouton, Piet Retief, Ludwig Abeille, Thomas Andrew Knight, and Friedrich Accum. After her are Paine Wingate, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, and Nathaniel Bowditch.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maria Cosway ranks 3,848 out of 5,161. Before her are Edmondo Fabbri (1921), Gianfranco Brancatelli (1950), Sergio Cervato (1929), Roberto Battaglia (1909), Francesco Janich (1937), and Andy Selva (1976). After her are Marco Cimatti (1913), Gianni De Michelis (1940), Ennio de Giorgi (1928), Edoardo Sanguineti (1930), Giovanni Palatucci (1909), and Ben Vautier (1935).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Maria Cosway ranks 263. Before her are Fyodor Bruni (1799), Domenico Morelli (1826), Theodoric of Prague (1319), Andrea Benetti (1964), Francesco Clemente (1952), and Romanino (1485). After her are Ben Vautier (1935), and Filippo Randazzo (1692).

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